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Continent is the 4th studio album from the Deathcore band The Acacia Strain. Recording began on April 13th, 2008 and it was released August 19, 2008 via Prosthetic Records. ^[1] Frontman Vincent Bennett also spoke to MTV News about the band's forthcoming LP, saying it was Acacia's "darkest" effort to date.

The album debuted at #107 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and No. 2 on the Billboard's Heatseeker Chart with first week sales of almost 5,600.^[2]

Track listing

"Skynet" - 4:22
"Seaward"- 4:15
"Dr. Doom"- 2:26
"Forget-Me-Now"- 2:43
"Cthulhu"- 3:27
"Baby Buster"- 4:18
"Balboa Towers" - 4:36
"JFC" - 2:56
"Kraken" - 2:41
"The Combine" - 2:02
"The Behemoth" - 6:37

Bonus Songs from the vinyl edition:

"Global Warming" - 2:55
"Stay Puft" - 3:15

Personnel

Vincent Bennett - vocals
Daniel "DL" Laskiewicz - guitar
Jack Strong - bass
Kevin Boutot - drums
Paul Romano - artwork
Zeuss - production

Trivia

Several of the albums tracks refer to the television show Arrested Development:
- Seaward (name of GOB's boat)
- Forget-Me-Now (name of GOB's date-rape drug)
- Baby Buster (Buster's Nickname)
- Balboa Towers (name of Lucille's Mansion Community)
Track #8, JFC, is an abbreviation for "Jesus Fucking Christ"
An internet rumor circulated stating that lyrics on the first track, "Skynet", were written about the deathcore/metalcore band Mannure and how they have blatantly ripped off The Acacia Strain, although vocalist Vincent Bennet has denied this on stage numerous times.

References

^ BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE ACACIA STRAIN: 'Continent' Release Date Set
^ "STAIND, BLACK STONE CHERRY, THE ACACIA STRAIN First-Week Sales Revealed". blabbermouth.net. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

"Amazon". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
"Blabbermouth". Retrieved 2008-08-27.

[1] BLABBERMOUTH.NET - THE ACACIA STRAIN: 'Continent' Release Date Set

[2] "STAIND, BLACK STONE CHERRY, THE ACACIA STRAIN First-Week Sales Revealed". blabbermouth.net. 2008-08-27. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

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 ** Balboa Towers (name of Lucille's Mansion Community)
 * Track #8, JFC, is an abbreviation for "Jesus Fucking Christ"
-* An internet rumor circulated stating that lyrics on the first track, "Skynet", were written about the deathcore/metalcore band [[Emmure]] and how they have blatantly ripped off The Acacia Strain, although vocalist Vincent Bennet has denied this on stage numerous times.
+* An internet rumor circulated stating that lyrics on the first track, "Skynet", were written about the deathcore/metalcore band [[Mannure]] and how they have blatantly ripped off The Acacia Strain, although vocalist Vincent Bennet has denied this on stage numerous times.
 ==References==